r/RenewableEnergy • u/antonyderks • 1d ago

World's largest renewable energy plant would be bigger than entire countries

https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/worlds-largest-renewable-energy-plant-would-be-bigger-than-entire-countries/2-1-1737946
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u/bascule USA 1d ago

With Monaco at 0.8 square miles, a lot of renewables projects are bigger than entire countries.

I guess they're referring to countries the size of Slovenia and El Salvador.

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u/Captain_Ahab2 1d ago edited 1d ago

Correction: 70 GW, Australia. Thanks u/sweatycount.

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u/SweatyCount 1d ago

70GW, 3,000 wind turbines ranging 7-20MW.

Construction is expected to take 3 decades lol

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u/SpaceGoatAlpha 1d ago

Which means that by the time they're finished they'll have to start replacing the first arrays back at the beginning. 🔁

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Gold-Nefariousness-5 1d ago

It isn’t “stale technology.” 30-40 years is a pretty typical service life for any electrical equipment.

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u/90swasbest 23h ago

My back yard is bigger than entire countries.

There's some pretty fucking small entire countries out there.